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Woody Allen condemned for calling a 19-year-old Scarlett Johansson ‘sexually radioactive’ in new memoir

posted 4 years ago by Satan2016 (25815)
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This was six months after she publicly defended Allen. Wonder why he doesn't use lines like this in his movies?

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/woody-allen-scarlett-johansson-apropos-nothing-sexually-radioactive-emma-stone-a9429431.html

In the filmmaker’s controversial book, Apropos of Nothing, Allen describes first meeting Johansson after casting her in his 2005 film Match Point.

“She was only 19 when she did Match Point but it was all there: an exciting actress, a natural movie star, real intelligence, quick and funny, and when you meet her you have to fight your way through the pheromones,” Allen writes. “Not only was she gifted and beautiful, but sexually she was radioactive.”

He later adds of Johansson that he “used her in a few movies” and hopes to work with her again “before I die or senility sets in and I’m drooling, but not over her”.

He also jokes that casting Johansson and Penelope Cruz opposite one another in 2008’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona “caused each woman’s erotic valence to cube itself”.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 4 years ago

“caused each woman’s erotic valence to cube itself”

Sounds painful.

[–] Martoto (5054) 4 years ago

Do you watch his movies?

[–] Satan2016 (25815) 4 years ago

The early ones, most were good comedies. He's too neurotic to do serious movies.

[–] Martoto (5054) 4 years ago

He does Woody Allen movies. He's exactly the right amount of neurotic.

[–] GuyOnTheLeft (236) 4 years ago

Ridiculous to condemn him for this if you actually saw Johansson at age 19. Any straight man who says otherwise is lying.

[–] Satan2016 (25815) 4 years ago

If a college teacher talked like that he'd be fired, even before MeToo. It's pervy for a director to talk like that about his actresses.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 4 years ago

Shirley you cannot be Sirius !

[–] Redsfan001 (6178) 4 years ago

Acknowledging a woman's sex appeal is not pervy.

Pervy used to mean cutting a hole in a dressing room to get a peek.

Men need to fight this mission creep of the word "pervy".

[–] GuyOnTheLeft (236) 4 years ago

So true!

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Thank you. Who are these Puritans???

[–] Miyagido (2944) 4 years ago

What about porn directors?

[–] kukuxu (5409) 4 years ago

If a college teacher talked like that he'd be fired, even before MeToo.

Sure. But he's not a school teacher or a college teacher. He's a comedian and a filmmaker.

It's pervy for a director to talk like that about his actresses.

No.

[–] whoanelly (1589) 4 years ago

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Fuck off Satan. We don't have time for your religious garbage.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Condemned by whom? And at 19? Are you kidding?? What are men supposed to lust after nowadays? A Milf? Is that it? Okay, so take thousands of years of human society and throw it away in a decade of outrage!

Seriously, no one is cutting old guys some slack? Everybody is a pervert now? Woody made his most famous movie about a guy lusting after a 16 year old and no one said anything back then. Maybe because it wasn't a big deal? It wouldn't be okay now, I get that, but to expect an 80 year old to be sensitive to today's outrage culture is quite a stretch.

Besides, the US elected a man who was accused by more than 20 women of sexual misconduct, even rape and even the rape of a 13 year old girl. Why is that guy not in jail?

This "documentary" is the perfect sign of our times. Totally distorted, one sided but ultimately besides any point.

[–] GuyOnTheLeft (236) 4 years ago

You must mean MANHATTAN (although I’m not sure that’s his most famous film). The Mariel Hemingway character is 17, not 16.

[–] maul (1655) 4 years ago

This is what happens when virtue signalling takes hold and becomes exponential - one person trying to one-up the next, and you get to the point where basic sexually is frowned upon. It's like a new religion.

[–] TrentnQuarantino (9318) 4 years ago

I think people should quit the virtue signaling and political correctness angle on this ... it does not fit. This is a planned pointed attempt to assassinate Woody Allen personally and professionally based on 4 hours of a girl crying and shaking because he life has worked out poorly.

I started out feeling very sorry for Dylan, but it is apparent after watching this whole thing that is is a planned PR operation to boost Ronan Farrow's public image so he can run for office somewhere.

There is a story about how Mia Farrow had been planning Ronan's life so he could go into politics. Mia thought Ronan was too short, and said if you want to go into politics you need to be taller. So she bought Ronan surgery that was usually reserved for dwarfism where they break the legs and stretch the muscles to make the legs longer. How is that not abuse? That is horrible.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

It's an old religion making a comeback--Puritanism. Everybody (who's straight) has to pretend their libidos don't function.

[–] stickman38 (3415) 4 years ago

"Woody Allen condemned"? What else is new? Lol

The truth is, men have always found young females attractive. Its really not that shocking or surprising.

And young females find older men attractive too. Although, when a girl looks at Woody Allen, I doubt the first thing that pops into her head is 'sex'. But still.... you'd be surprised to know just how many young girls do like older guys.

[–] kungfulord (957) 4 years ago

I totally agree... Johansson was sexually radioactive at 19 even now she still pretty hot

I dont understand why is this considered a scandalous statement, she was hot back them ¿is now forbidden say the most obvious of things? have the world became mad?

I blame feminism in the moment woman star to have the right to vote society go straight to hell, now they are out of the kitchen is going to be hard send the back again were they belong

[–] kukuxu (5409) 4 years ago

Admitting human sexuality is a cardinal sin. You start admitting that Scarlet Johansson is hot and you end up sacrificing toddlers in satanic rituals.

[–] maul (1655) 4 years ago

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[–] AzureSeb (506) 4 years ago

And? She was 19! You're legally an adult at that age.

[–] TrentnQuarantino (9318) 4 years ago

She is sexually radioactive ... that is why she is a major female movie star for gods sake! ;-) How ridiculous. We have a media outlet here that seems to be experimenting in how outrageous and one-sided they can be and not get called on it or be responsible for it.

This is a crime committed by HBO in my opinion.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

The only person that has any say on this is Scarlett Johansson and she doesn’t condemn him.

[–] marktayloruk (2556) 3 years ago

It's called being normal Have these hysterical PC posts ever tried it?

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Obviously they have not.